CVE-2012-2284

low
Published 2012-10-18 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

The (1) install and (2) upgrade processes in EMC NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications (NMM) 2.2.1, 2.3 before build 122, and 2.4 before build 375, when Exchange Server is used, allow local users to read cleartext administrator credentials via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
emcnetworker_module_for_microsoft_applications2.2.1
emcnetworker_module_for_microsoft_applications2.3
emcnetworker_module_for_microsoft_applications2.4
windows microsoftexchange_server

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.